At the beginning
of this month, I received warnings that my site had been hacked.
To remedy this, I have removed every file from the server.
This is a holding page, while I rebuild the site by uploading "clean"
versions of every file, from my archived backups.

Please
check back regularly. As the site grows again, this is where
the
new versions of the Contents Page will be found.

Look for the note NEW VERSION UPLOADED beside
each article title to see which ones have been replaced to date.

Mark Hone - School
Visits to the Battlefields, Then and Now- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Mark Hone considers the history of school battlefield visits
against a background of his own 20-year experience of organising such
tours for his school, Bury Grammar School.

Mark Gardiner (with help from Neil Mackenzie) - A
Tour of the Ypres Salient- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
In May 2007, two friends visited the battlefields around Ypres with the
aim of calling at every British war cemetery within the Ypres Salient
plus a few in the nearby areas - 170 in all. Their tour
involved far more than just ticking cemeteries off on a list. They had
previously researched at least one soldier for each cemetery, so each
visit was an Act of Remembrance. Here is their diary.

John
Duffell- Epping's
Memorials to the Fallen - NEW VERSION UPLOADED
In this article, John Duffell gives an account of the history of all
the Epping War memorials from the first one, erected in 1921, to the
very latest latest one (2006). The article concludes with a
biographical listing of Epping's Great War dead.

Alan TuckerLangford
Budville Roll of Honour An extremely
well-researched article on the men whose names appear on the
hand-written Roll of Honour to be seen in the church of this Somerset
village. -NEW VERSION UP

David Whithorn - A
Special Centenary-NEW VERSION UPLOADEDDavid's tribute to his uncle, Tom Young, written one
hundred years to the day 'Uncle Tom' died in France.

David Whithorn - 24
Hours of Research - NEW VERSION UPLOADEDJust
to show that you don't necessarily have to buy an expensive set of
medals to be launched onto the path of research. And
sometimes
you don't have to spend a lot of time over the research, either!

Alan Tucker - Open
Warfare- NEW VERSION UPLOADEDThe diary of Captain Arthur Impey, a Battery Officer
of 79th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, from August 16th 1918, when he
returned to France after being wounded in 1917, to November 11th 1918,
the day of the Armistice. An excellent account of the last
"Hundred Days" of the war, made even better by Alan's further articles,
giving a background to people and events mentioned.

John Anderson - David
Cruickshank- NEW
VERSION UPLOADEDHow a chance purchase at a French bric-a-brac market
let to the discovery of one soldier's amazing adventure in the Great
War.

Annette Burgoyne - The 1st
Bn. KSLI at Morteldje Estaminet- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Annette Burgoyne, author of "The 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light
Infantry" tells the story of a little-known action which involved the
1st Battalion. This action may not get much of a mention in
the history books, but it brought the battalion the highest praise.

Kevin Patience - An East
African Victoria Cross - NEW VERSION UPLOADED
This article by Kevin Patience extends the site's sphere of interest
beyond the Western Front and recounts an incident which took place in
East Africa and which resulted in the posthumous award of a Victoria
Cross. Kevin's account has appeared on the site before, but this
updated version contains so much new information as to make it a new
article.

Michael Farrier - "On
HMS India, November 1914…" - NEW VERSION UPLOADEDSubtitled "A
Personal Family Tragedy of the 1914 - '18 War" this is a family
research story which started with an old postcard.

Chris Basey
- Nurse
Edith Cavell - NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Thanks to Chris for writing this excellent account of the 2004 Act of
Remembrance at Norwich Cathedral - not one of the best-known annual
observances, but certainly one of the most poignant.

Alastair H. Fraser - The
Identification of a German Soldier- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
While archaeologists were searching for "Wilfred Owen's Dugout" near
Serre in 2003, for a BBC TV programme, the remains of two
German soldiers were found. Here Alastair Fraser describes
how one of them was positively identified.

Conor Dodd - Captain
Joseph Edward Lynch- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Conor Dodd tells the story of one of the many Irishman who fought and
died while serving in English Regiments during the Great War.

Conor Dodd - John
Vincent Holland V.C.- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Continuing his researches into Irish soldiers, Conor Dodd tells the
story of an Irish VC winner.

Des Blackadder - Hanging
on the Old Barbed Wire- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Commemorating 1st July, 2004 - the story of the The 12th Royal Irish
Rifles (Central Antrims) and their attack on the first day of the
Battle of the Somme.

John Guy Gillbert - A Month
in Gallipoli- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Written in 1964 and edited by Stephanie Horton, this is Lieut.
Gillbert's memoir of his time in Gallipoli with the 6th Battalion, East
Lancashire Regiment.

Pat Phillips - One Son
Died of Wounds, 1919- NEW VERSION UPLOADED"One Son Died of Wounds, 1919" was a note beside a
husband and wife's name on a handwritten family tree drawn up by Pat
Phillips's grandmother. This sad little note moved Pat to
find out more about this forgotten relative.

The
Rev. Dr. Daniel Hörnemann, OSB - A Human
Tragedy - NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Heinrich Plesker, buried in the German Cemetery at Langemark, was
Daniel Hörnemann's Great-Uncle. Daniel's research led to this moving
article.

The
Rev. Dr. Daniel Hörnemann, OSB - Those
They Longed For- NEW VERSION UPLOADEDThe fate of the Brothers of the Benedictine Abbey at
Gerleve, Germany, who went missing during their military service.

The
Rev. Dr. Daniel Hörnemann, OSB -One
Who Survived- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
As a follow-up to his excellent article about the Brothers of the
Benedictine Abbey at Gerleve who died in the war, DanielHörnemanntells the story of one who came home again.

The
Rev. Dr. Daniel Hörnemann, OSB -Lest
We forget - NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Daniel Hörnemann's moving description of Gerleve Abbey's new memorial,
dedicated to the memory of the 19 brothers who died as a result of war
or accident between 1905 and 1987.

The
Rev. Dr. Daniel Hörnemann, OSB- Found at
Last - NEW VERSION UPLOADED
The search for a German victim of World War 1

The
Rev. Dr. Daniel Hörnemann, OSB - More
on Theodor Hörnemann- NEW VERSION UPLOADED"I Only Hope This Terrible War Will End Soon!"This site already contains an
article about Daniel Hörnemann's Great Uncle, Theodor. In this new
article he is able to tell us more about the man, having discovered
many of the letters and postcards written by and to him during the war.

David Bluestein -
Captain
Roy Roswell Poulton- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
A very welcome account of the story behind another group of medals in
David Bluestein's collection.

David Bluestein -
Acting
Major Charles Blair-Wilson- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Research following the purchase of a soldier's medals resulted in this
article written in memory of a young and highly-regarded officer of the
42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders Of Canada CEF, killed in Action
September 15, 1916 on the Somme.

Linda Preston - A
Midnight Feast- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
How a young and hungry soldier "beat the system" and found his way to
the hospital kitchen!

Bob Coulson - The
Knott Brothers- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
The story of two brothers, killed in action seventy miles apart, but
reunited in death thanks to the efforts of their influential father,
who ensured that they were buried side-by-side.

Bob Coulson - The
Chaplain VCs of the Great War- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Bob Coulson tells the stories of the three "Padres" or "Sky Pilots" who
won the VC during the war.

John Hartley - Robert
Brough - A Great-Uncle still in Belgium- NEW VERSION UPLOADEDHanging on the wall near his computer, John Hartley
has a photograph of his grandfather, Thomas Brough, among his comrades
in "E" Company, 17th Battalion The Manchester Regiment. Until recently,
he never suspected that his grandfather's brother, Robert, might also
be in the photograph.

John Hartley - Thomas
Brough - Private 9210- NEW VERSION UPLOADEDPte. Brough served in "A" Company, 17th
Battalion The Manchester Regiment. John Hartley's research
into the Great War serice of his Grandfather grew and grew until it had
become an excellent account of his Battalion's service, too.

John Hartley - An
Unlucky Soldier - NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Details of the career of Private Harry Eastwick, MS/1520 18th
Anti-Aircraft Section, Army Service Corps

John Hartley - Lost
and Found - NEW VERSION UPLOADEDUntil he found out quite by chance, John
Hartley didn't know he had a Great-Uncle who died in the war. The
soldier didn't appear on any local war memorial, so he was almost lost
for ever. But not now.

John Hartley - In
From The Cold - A Manchester at Gallipolli- NEW VERSION UPLOADEDIn his latest "Hellfire
Corner" article, John Hartley tells the story of Sgt. Thomas
Worthington, 1/6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, who was
killed at Gallipoli. John's research indicated that Sgt.
Worthington was not commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission. The article's title, "In From the Cold", refers to John's
decision to try to get this omission corrected..............

Philip
Eagles - The
8th August, 1918 -
NEW VERSION UPLOADED
In the early hours of the morning of the 8th of August 1918 a blanket
of fog around the river Somme concealed a massive military force which
was about to be unleashed. Two thousand British, Australian, Canadian
and French cannon were deployed in a line stretching south-west from
Hamel and north to and beyond the Somme.

Philip
Eagles - The
Essex Regiment at Langemark- NEW VERSION UPLOADEDIn this article,
Philip Eagles tells the story of his grandfather, who was a 21-year-old
Lieutenant with the 1st Battalion, the Essex Regiment.

Kevin
Johnstone - Private
John Farrer- NEW VERSION UPLOADEDRemembering Pte.
Farrer, of the Londale Battalion - 11th (Service) Battalion, the Border
Regiment - who was killed in Action near Thiepval on 1st
July, 1916.

Andy Fisk -Sgt William
Falla, D.C.M.- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
This article is the result of Andy Fisk's research into the life of his
relative Sgt. Falla, who served in the 1st Battalion, the Bedfordshire
Regiment.

Richard Racey - WW1 Escape
Recipe- NEW VERSION UPLOADED(Stealth, Torn
Trousers and Skinny-Dipping in the Dark) This is Richard
Racey's edited version of his Father's Great War Diary, telling a story
of capture nearYpres, imprisonment in a sucession of camps and,
finally, escape to neutral Holland.

Mike Neal - In
Search of a Lost Pal- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
As a teenager, Mike Neal was not particularly interested to learn that
his Great Grandfather had been killed during the Great War. Later
though, after 20 years in the army himself, he took a much more
profound interest and the result is this excellent and moving
piece of research and remembrance.

Private
Frank Last (transcribed by Rick Riehl) - My War Diary- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Rick Riehl's transcription of Private Last' Diary. A most moving
account of a very eventful time spent in battle and as a prisoner.

Private
Frank Last (transcribed by Rick Riehl) Fini La
Guerre!- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
The story of Frank Last's journey home.

Jon Toohey - Brothers
in Arms- NEW VERSION UPLOADEDThe story of two brothers from Ireland, both
of whome served in the war, and both of whom have no known grave. They
are remembered on memorials to the missing, but a world apart.

Andrew Wegg - Finding
a Lost Soul- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
The story of Andrew's research into the Great War service of
his relative, Stanley Butwright, who was killed withing just a
few weeks of his arrival in France.

Chris Mills -
Loose
Ends- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
The charming story of Chris's journey in honour of his uncle,
Pte. Ted Mills, of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, along with
his son - also called Ted Mills - to tie up some family Loose
Ends.

Chris
Shepherd - Hubert
Gooding, M.M. - 1st Bn the Essex Regiment- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
This is Chris Shepherd's article based on his research into the life
(and death at Cambrai) of his grandfather's uncle. Chris has
used letters written home from the front to give a very moving insight
into life at the Front.

Andrew
Thornton - There's
a Long, Long Trail A-Winding- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
The story of Company Sergeant-Major William Thompson M.M of the North
Staffordshire Regiment, researched by his great-grandson, Andrew
Thornton.

Tom Morgan - At the
Going Down of the Sun- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Tom Morgan's article following research into the life Private Harry
Woods, 1st. Bn. The Dorsetshire Regiment, who almost disappeared
without trace in 1915. Just to show that you can't always find
information, no matter how much you try!

Earl Chapman - Jack
Chapman 1897-1918- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
This is Earl's Memorial to his relative, who was born in
England and who emigrated to Canada in 1911. Jack Chapman is one of
more than 11,000 Canadians who have no known graves.

Alex Deeley -
Requiescat
for Two Uncles- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
In this article Alex Deeley, a young Australian, remembers his
two relatives who died in the war, one serving in the British Army and
the other in the Australian Imperial Force.

Geoff Moran - The
Diary of William Dick Stevens- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
This is Geoff Moran's well-edited version of the diary of an Australian
soldier, from his departure for the war in 1915 to the time of his
death at Pozieres, Somme, in 1916.

Glenn Hyatt - Ollie
O.Olive- NEW VERSION UPLOADED
Glenn Hyatt saw this striking name on his local war memorial in
Fredericksburg, Virginia, and simply had to find out more.